Public order policing unit and Nyala removed from Nathi Nhleko’s house
But the South African Police Union still wants to know who ordered the 24-hour guard for the premises — where the minister does not actually live — in the first place
The 24-hour guard at Public Works Minister Nathi Nhleko’s Empangeni house has been removed with immediate effect.The house — where his son, a domestic worker and a groundsman reside — was guarded by eight public order policing officers and an Nyala armoured vehicle.On Sunday the Sunday Times reported that the South African Police Union (Sapu) had written to provincial police management in June to complain about members of the Empangeni public order police cluster being stationed outside Nhleko’s house.Nhleko was police minister before being moved to the Department of Public Works in President Jacob Zuma’s recent Cabinet reshuffle.Opposition parties have criticised what they call an abuse of police resources by government officials.The DA’s leader in KwaZulu-Natal, Zwakele Mncwango, said communities were often told that lack of resources, vehicles and personnel were behind the failure to combat escalating crime.Sapu’s provincial secretary, Nurse Mdletshe, said they had been told the ...
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